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Richard A. Forbus, Jr., CCHP

Vice President of Program Development
National Commission on Correctional Health Care

Rich Forbus is Vice President of Program Development for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. A retired corrections captain and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, where he served as a military police corrections specialist, he has 27 years of corrections experience and is a graduate of the National Jail Leadership Command Academy. During his career, he rose to the executive level and was responsible for the operation of one of the largest jail systems in the country. He provided oversight of institutional administration and operations, to include medical and mental health care, accreditation compliance, policies and procedures, training, classification, gangs, budgeting, staffing, and personnel management. Mr. Forbus was an associate member of the interdisciplinary Criminal Justice Coordination Council in Las Vegas, Nevada and has been instrumental in developing reentry programming and partnering with the community to improve care and reduce recidivism. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Nevada State College and is currently pursuing his MBA in Health Care Management at Columbia Southern University.

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